^ The Founding of Liberia 



the Rev. Ralph R. Gurley, who himself visited Liberia at a 

 subsequent date to report on the conditions of the settlement, 



45. JEHUDI ASHMUN, THE FOUNDER OF LIBERIA (FROM THE PORTRAIT IN 

 GURLEY'S "life OF ASHMUN" ) 



and to him alone we owe a most interesting account of the 

 man who made Liberia and of that man's character. 



After his conversion at the age of seventeen, Ashmun, 

 by inclination and by the wishes of his 'parents, trained himself 



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